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1509 - 1547Reign of Henry VIII of England.
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28 Nov 1534The Act of Supremacy declares Henry VIII of England the head of the Church in England and not the Pope.
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1547 - 1553Reign of Edward VI of England.
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1549A new Book of Common Prayer is issued in England.
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1549The Act of Uniformity makes the new Book of Common Prayer compulsory in England.
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1552A new, even more radical Book of Common Prayer is issued in England, removing many of the Catholic elements of religious worship.
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1553 - 1558Reign of Mary I of England.
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Oct 1553The First Act of Repeal reverses all the religious-aimed legislation of Edward VI of England.
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Jan 1555The Second Act of Repeal abolishes all post-1529 CE legislation concerning religious matters in England.
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Feb 1555Mary I of England begins her persecution of Protestant 'heretics', eventually burning 287 of them at the stake.
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1559 - 1563The Elizabethan Religious Settlement, a set of acts and decisions which continue the English Reformation.
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Apr 1559Elizabeth I of England reinstates the Act of Supremacy.
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1563The 39 Articles define English Protestantism.
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1588 - 1589The Marprelate Controversy; Anonymous Puritan writer publishes tracts attacking Anglican Church.
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1603 - 1625Reign of James I of England; Puritans are persecuted; King James Bible created to counter Geneva Bible of the Puritans.
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1620 - 1640The Great Migration (Puritan Migration) from England to North America.
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1630 - c. 1740Puritans exert almost complete control over governmental policies in New England and influence other colonies on the eastern coast of North America.
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1630John Winthrop migrates to North America with 700 Puritan colonists to become governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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1636 - 1638Anne Hutchinson is the primary voice of the Antinomian Controversy, defending her belief in the supremacy of God's Grace in salvation against Puritan authorities.
